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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
Odor of the Chinese Quarters.

After the prenatural activity of the Chi
nse, which makes upon the observer the
same impression produced by the study of one
of Dore's sketches of the lost souls of Dante,
forever toiling in the gloom of the neither
world, tho next thing that strikes the stranger
~ the peculiar odor that fills the air; and that
resembles a combination of bad tobacco
and the pungent fumes from the punk that
the American small boy uses on the Fourth of
IuH to light his fire crackers. Mingled with
this is the smell of unclean streets, the whole
making combination not easily forgotten.
The Able Huck, who Travelled in China in
native dress, declared that he could readily
deceive the people in regard to his nation
ality, as he spoke the language perfectly, and
as long exposure had stained his Skin to d
copper color; but the Chinese dogs always
parked at his heels because they detected the
absence of the national odor. This smell is
due partly to the coolies custom of sleeping
in Tvs clothes, but mainly to the fact that
the constant smoking Of opium and tobacco,
and the preparation of food at open fires, sub
ject the dweller in n Chinese house to per.
petual fumigation. Hence the smoky odor
clings to him, and not even the brcezes of the
Pacific have power to dislodge It, -George II
Fitch in Cosmopolitan.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
ALL SORTS.

Have you ever thought how very few bar
bers are left handed?
Malaria is the name of a new postoffice in
Mecklenberg county, Virginia.
A novel written by B. and o. official ia
soon to be published in New York-Exchange.
There may be great deal In this.
Some of the carpets in the White House are
to be replaced. They have been down since
the fall of 1882, and are worn into holes.
A new postoffice in Pittsylvania county.
Virginia, has just been named Piggs. and
Hezekiah Piggs has just been appointed its
postmaster.
A man who sent $40 to a Philadelphia adj
dress in answer to an advertisement of the
finest feed cutter in America, received in
return 81 set of false teeth.
The strength of the lion in the forelegs is
only G99 per cent. of that of the tiger, and the
strength of the hind legs $50. Five men can
easily hold down lion, but nine men are re-
Quired to hold down a tiger.
The cat has always been a favorite animal
with the Mohammedans. They have ira
dition that the prophet, on a certain occa-
sion, being called to quell riot, cut off the
sleeves of his robe rather than disturb cat
which was sleeping upon it.
The chewing gum habit has seized the In
dian. When the noble red man gets tired of
working his jaws, and feels disposed to give
them a rest, he passes the "chaw" to another,
who masticates it until his jaws ache, and
then it is passed en- to the third or tenth as
the case may be-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

John s. Mosby's @War "reminiscences" are
announced for publication the last of this
month.
As was of course inevitable, Tom Stevens
bicycle tour around the world is to be the
subject of book.
Mr.. ]. E. Cabot's memoirs of Emerson, in
Guiding much valuable and unpublished mat
ter, will be issued late in May.
Old yachtsmen and veterans of the turf will
doubtless find something to interest them in
"Sports and Anecdotes of Bygone Days." by
c. 7. S. B. Richardson.
Mr.. Julian Hawthorne, whose pen is kept
very busy by the demands upon it from all
quarters contributes to the current Epoch a
very entertaining story, entitled IAN Ill
Wind"
The first number of Mrs. Jenness Miller's
lconoclastic monthly, Dress, will appear in
May. 1t will open vigorous war on the
fetch OF fashion, and advocate a radical
reform in the feminine wardrobe.
The poet Whittier has written the intro
duction for Whipple's volume of essays on
american Literature" recently published.
The Boston critics literary remarks seem to
be considerable in quantity and uniformly
excellent in quality.
"Josiah Aliens Wife" has been spending
hey winter in Washington and at Old Point
Comfort, and duly chronicles her experiences
and observations in "a Pleasure Exertion."
Those who are partial to this species of humor
will find this just the sort of book they like.
II. Bernard Carpenters "Liber Amoris"
stands well the test of criticism on both sides
of the Atlantic, and is taking rank as one of
the most meritorious volumes of verse pub
lished during the year. Its faults are those of
an excess rather than a paucity of magma
ton.
The author most in demand at present in
the Boston public library is Mary N. Murfree,
alias Charles Egbert Craddock. Mr.. Howells,
Miss Jewett and William Black are ne:j in
order. Thackeray is gaining on Dickens, but
there is more call for Scott than for either of
them.
Mr.. George Bancroft presented Secretary
Whitney's baby with a copy Of paradise
Lost" on the occasion of her christening. If
the favored infant will study that fine poem
carefully she will be able in few years to
appreciate the high philosophy of Mother
Goose's Melodies
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
ALsSI


Alas for all high hopes and all desires!
Like leaves in yellow autumn time they fall
Alas for prayers and psalms. and loves pure
fires;
One silence and one darkness ends them all.
Alas for Al! mankind-sad, feeting race
Alas my love- for you a1d me alas!
Some day death holds US in a close embrace;
We, too ike all the rest, from earth must pass.
Alas. 10 think we shall forget some hours
Whereof the memory like loves planet glows-
Forget them, as the year her withered flowers
Forget them, as the sun forgets the rose.
Our keenest rapture, our most deep despair,
Our hopes, our breads, our laughter and our
tears
Shall be no more at all upon the air
No more at all through all the endless years
We shall be mute beneath the grass and dew
We shall be very mute there, In deaths state
And you win be as !, and as you
One samencss shed upon u.s. and one fate
Philip Bourke Marston in The Independent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
a Very Young Merchant.

Some odd facts are occasionally found Just
beneath most commonplace surface. Hap
pening in large hat and cap establishment
wholesale-the other day, inquired for the
proprietor. A boy about II years old was
pointed out to me. "But want TO see the
proprietor" said. ~ am the proprietor of
this store-what can do for YOU" exclaimed
tho lad. And, sure enough, investigation
proved that he was the actual owner of the
establishment, and nominally the head of the
firm. His father had owned the store, but.
having other business as well and not wishing
to carry them both in his own name, present
ed the hat and cap establishment to his II
year old son and placed the boy in charge.
or course the father still exercises general
control, but the legal head of the firm, sgner
Of checks, keeper Of the combination of the
safe and man Of authority is the son. un-
doubtedly the youngest wholesale merchant
Chicago. Chicago Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
Good News for the Britishers.

Two young men left Chicago a few weeks
since to so into business in London, England.
They intend starting in tho worlds metropo-
lis an American lunchery like those of the
Kohlsaats and others in ChicaGo-paces
wherein the lunchers sit on high stools in
front of big counters and eat sandwiches, hot
cakes, pies, pastry, pork and beans, ETC., all
clean, wholesome and cheap quickly served
and presenting the attractiveness of an al
most endless variety. The young men in
tend making their London lunchery IS thor
oughly American as possible, with mince pie,
cider, pumpkin pie pork and beans, buck
wheat cakes, oyster pies and other dishes dis
tinctively Yankeeish. They have a capital
Of only $500 between them, but expect to
reap rich harvest from their efforts to show
the Londoners few tricks in the lunching
line. Chicago, by the way, was the pioneer
in this model form OF lunchery, and to this
day carries on the business in q state of per-
lection reached by none of the imitators in
other cities Chicago Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
At, STEWARDS APPOINTMENT.
Lost His Chance of Becoming a States
man-Left Out in the Cold.

Lost His Chance of Becoming n States
man-Left Out in the Cold.
Nobody dreamed then that Mr.. Stewart
would be appointed secretary of the treasury,
but before the 4th Of March the place was Of
| fered TO him. As the world knows he was
appointed and confirmed, and then it was dis
covered that he was ineligible. A forgotten
law prohibited any ono interested in imports
from holding the office Of secretary of the
treasury. Stewart had been immensely gra-
titled at the offer, and was anxious to hold the
post. He proposed to turn over his great bus
mess to trustees for the space of four years,
the entire profits TO be devoted to some public
or charitable purpose in which he should not
be interested.
But the device was insufficient to obviate
the difficulty and another secretary was ap-
pointed in his stead. Thus Stewart lost his
chance Of becoming statesman. The presi-
dent could find another secretary Of the treas
ury, but Stewart had no other president to
turn TO- He became plain dry goods man
again, without place, or power, or public
career. To be so near a great position, and
yet 10 lose it; TO be appointed and confirmed,
and even congratulated; to have made his
arrangements, and, doubtless, determined on
his appointments in advance, and yet to be
dashed down to private life was hard. But
besides this, Stewart thought that some of
the Importance or influence which had been
offered him should have been allowed to re-
main. He even wanted to retain a little OF
the patronage which might have been hA
had he entered office.
went out Of the country in May, 1863,
and returned in the next September. On
arriving at New York | went to Mr.. Stew
arts great store, as had been used to do be-
fore Grant was president, and spent an hour
with him in private talk. | was amazed at
the tone OF his conversation. He did not ex-
pect, he said to enjoy the influence he had
once anticipated, but even the few favors he
asked had been withheld. The personal friends
he had expected to advance were overlooked,
or their claims belittled, if not ignored. Judge
Hilton, his life long associate and intimate,
he had hoped would be appointed collector of
New York, and a relative of his wife he
wanted made consul at Havre. The collector
ship was gone irretrievaby to another and
instead of Havre his relative was offered Bor-
deaux He wanted me to represent this to
the government. But the government was
made up; the carriage was fuI the train had
started, and those who had not succeeded in
entering could hardly expect to be treated
like regular passengers Stewart was out in
the cold. He saw the president occasionally
after FMS, and entertained him when he came
to New York; but their intimacy was at an
end. Adam Badeau's Letter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
ABOUT WOMEN.

There are 100000 more women than men in
England.
Nine. Wilson's private fortune is said to
exceed 100000. Her husband has only
moderate fortune.
According to new Ohio law, the wife
must assist the husband to support the family
when he is unable to do it himself.
1t is a marvellous fact that the best cattle
reporter in the United States should be a
woman-Miss Middle Morgan, of The New
York Times.
Mrs. Dinah Mulock Craik thinks that
women united to bad husbands ought, for
their children's sake, TO leave them-rot by
divorce, but by Judicial separation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
Saved His Life,

Mr. ID. l. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, XIV
says he was, for many years, badly afflict-,
ed with phthisic, also diabetes; the pains
were almost uncomfortable and would some.
times almost throw him into commissions.
He tried Electric Bitters and got relief
from first bottle, and after taking six bot
Ties was entirely cured and had gained in
flesh eighteen pounds. Says he positively
believes he would have died, had in not
been for the relief afforded by Electric
Bitters. Sold at fifty cents bottle by
Morley Bros.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

W. W. Reed, druggist, of Winchester
Ind, writes: "0ne of my customers, Mrs
louisa Pike, Bartonia, Randolph county,
Ind, was long sufferer with consump-
ton, and was given up to die by her ply.
sicians. She heard Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, and began
buying it of me. In six months, time she
walked to this city, distance of six miles,
and is now so much improved she has
quit using it. She feels she owes her life
80 it. Free trial bottle at Morley Bros.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

DR.; Bragg, Homeopathic Physician
and Surgeon. Compound oxygen. Office
and home treatment for the cure of con
sumption, bronchitis catarrh, asthma,
dyspepsia, blood and nervous diseases.
Hours: 10 a. IN. to II M, and 4 to p. IN.
9l9 Congress avenue, Austin, Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
AN lMPORTANT ELEMENT

OF the success of Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the fact that every purchaser receives a
fair equivalent for his money. The ia
miliar headline, 100 Doses One Dollar"
stolen by imitators, is original with and
erue only of Hoods Sarsaparilla. This
can easily be proven by anyone who de-
sires to test the matter. For real econ
my, buy only Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold
by all druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
ADVICE 10 MOTHERS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething.' II
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, cures wind coils, and is the
best remedy for diarrhna. 25c. n bottle
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

Harper's Weekly says that if Senator
sherman had been the republican candi-
date in 1884, there would have been no re
publican bolt. But that WAS before Sena
tor s. spoke his Springfield piece.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

John Boyle O'Rellly does not believe that
Queen Victoria owns real estate in Washing
ton, as she would have to pay taxes out OF her
own pocket on it il shs did.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

Jealousy-Political Am
bition-Violent Pas
sions-The Race
for Money.
The alarming disease of this country is
nervous debility and prostration. 1t
goes under many names, but it is essen
TALLY the same complaint. Hospitals and
private institutions for nervous patients
are crowded. The average of life in the
United States is decreasing every year
Sudden deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, professional ami
public men are so frequent as scarcely to
excite remark. The majority of suicides
committed without apparent reason, or
under so-called depression of spirits"
are really prompted by nervous prostra-
ton, which is fruitful source of insanity
and crime, with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling. They threaten
the very life of the nation. They assa1l
the springs of its power and pros perity
They wreck manhood's strength and wo-
mans usefulness and beauty.
Every one should know the causes.
What are they? The answer is easy and
terribly plain: Our vicious personal hab-
its; our careless and lawless eating and |
drinking; the intense mental and physi-
al strain arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence; the fears
and struggles of poverty; the use of mar
cotic3 and stimulance; our fashion of
turning day into night and night into day;
and, briefly, our, desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours pleasure or
success. So we burn life's candle at both
ends and fill the lunatic asylum and the
graveyards.
The disease from which we suffer and
die is, in plain English, Nervous Dyspep-
STA, as it is seated in the Nerves and in
the organs of Digestion, Assimilation and
Nutrition. Healthy digestion being i'm
peded or destroyed, the whole body, nerves
is literally starved; even when
there is no emaciation to tell the sad
story.
Nervous prostration sends out its warn
in tie morning; per-
sistent dull heaviness or aching at the
appetite and disgust with food; loss of
mental energy and interest in ordinary
duties and business; restlessness and anx-
iety without any assignable reasons; err
lctations bad breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness; paIpitation
Of the heart; sallowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure of strength and
ambition.
The remedy is total abandonment of
the habit and customs which cause the
disease in each individul case, and the
use of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel's
Syrup to cure the mischief already done.
This great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community of Mt. Lebanon,
n. Y, is especially adapted to eradicate
Nervous Dyspepsia. To do this 1t acts
directly and gently but powerfully uIo
the disordered stomach, liver and kidneys,
their tone and vigor, promoting
the secretion of bile, expelling waste
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
Miraculous Escape.

The Beecher monument fund amoants
20 x22,62O.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23
WHAT KILLS AMERICANS.

Fas, Living Eatlng--Hard
Drinhng-Poor Sleeping Social
Jealousy-Political Am
bition-Violent Pas
sions-The Race
for Money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

No fewer than 126 clergymen sailed
grom New York for Europe in single
day recently.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-23

use of Shaker Extract of Roots (Segels
Syrup to cure the mischief already done.
This great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community of Mt. Lebanon,
n Y, is especially adapted to eradicate
Nervous Dyspepsia. To do this 1t acts
directly and gently but powerfully uIo
the disordered stomach, liver and kidneys,
restoring their tone and vigor, promoting
the secretion of bile, expelling waste
matters from the system, and purifying
the blood.
Upon the nervous system Shaker Ex-
tract (Seigel's Syrup acts as safe and
wholesome anodyne without the slightest
norcotic effect, and then leaves the nerves
are gain their natural tone and strengths
through its wonderful influence upon the
function OF nutrition.
1t is safe to say more nervous dyspep-
tics haye been restored by it from the
depths of misery to fresh enjoyment of
life and labor than by any or all other
forms OF treatment combined.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-19
Dayitt Branch Meeting.

Window Hall was fairly filled last
Sunday evening on the occasion OF the
regular meeting Of the Davitt Branch.
President McHale called the meeting to
order at the usual hour The secretary
being unavoidably absent. the reading
of the minutes was dispensed with, and
the program proceeded with in the fol-
lowing order: Mr.. Barry rendered a
song which was heartily encored, after
which Prof. Lester favored the audience
with another song, which was highly ap-
preciated. A feature Of the evening
was an interesting and instructive adj
dress by Rev. T.. Byrnes. We would be
doing the Rev. Father an injustice by
only giving portion of his admirable
address, so we will merely state that it
contained vast amount Of good advice
and logic. John Miller was then called
upon for song, which he rendered IN
excellent style. A song by Richard
Crane was deservedly we'll received.
Tee Misses Ackerson brought the enter
tainment to happy climax by singing a
sweet duett. The following resolution
The Irish standard., 1887-02-19
L. q. r, Men in Session.

One Of the most interesting sessions that IL
has been our pleasure to attend for long time
was that of the general meeting of the A. y.
Il. men of St. Paul on Thursday night, held i'll
their hall ON Third street, near Wabasha. 1T
was representative body Of both the Old and
young men of the city, and that they were there
as Irishrnen and Irish-Anericans with the best
interests of that purpose which they had IN
view-the most proper and becoming celebra-
ton of St. Patrick's day-was evidenced by the
hearty and earnest manner in which they dis
cussed the various matters at issue. The at
tendance was quite large, and few there were
indeed in the entire assemblage who dld not
actively participate in its dehberat1ons. county
Delegate Kelleher presided and the numoer OF
Darliamentarians on the Hoor would put 70
shame many a more pretentlous podv whose
sl1dy has been given in particular manner
to parlia mentary law and practice: Lack OF
fine forbids an extended notice OF the pro-
ceedinqs and prevents US at TINS time from 10
ing entira Justice to the occasion. Sufnce 70
saw, however that the utmost harmony anc
go.,d feeling prevailed throughout a Two hoars
session. during Wh1cn tme MT ~ alan. aaw a Le.
was elected grand marshal for St. Patrick S dax
in that CITY: the Irish Catholic societies OF
Minneapolis, saltwater and Hastings, by unanl-
mons vote were extended All invitation to De
present on st. Patrick's day and JON bands
With them in celebrating the memory OF .ne
nat,,on saint of Ireland. Included also III thls
invitation was the temperance, DeneVoienI
own civ Other matters OF more Or less I'M
norfance came before the Joint meeting curing
the time mentioned, and an Adjournment LOOK
place about $50 O'Clock.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-19
Passed AWAY.

The infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. p. Preston, 2,O26, Clinton avenue,
died Monday afternoon.
Miss Margaret Hayden, who died on
the 7th inst, at 710 Fourth street. south,
was about S. years Of age and had lived
IN this city for many years.
Announcement is also made Of the
death of Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley's child,
which took place at their home, III
Washington street, northeast, on Tues
day last.
A child Of Bernard Ly9ott, sexton OF
the East Side cemetery, died on the 18Th,
aged one year aud nine mouths. The
funeral took place from Church of st.
Anthony of Padua, on Wednesday.
Mary Mcbride, child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Mcbride, 716 Fourth street
south, died on Thursday, the 10th inst.
aud was buried from the Church Of the
Immaculate Conception, on the 11th.
The little ones age was eight days.
The Irish standard., 1887-02-19
ST. pA'rRICKs DAY CELEBRATION

The Meeting Of Delegates Last Wednesday
Evening-All Arrangements Ccmplete
The delegates from all the Irish Cnth-
olic societies in the city assembled at
Window hall on Wednesday evening
last to make preparations for the cele~
bration of St. Patrick's Day. County
Delegate Fitzgerald on behalf of the
three divisions Of the Ancient Order of
Hjbernians, called the meeting to order,
and the invitation to the various Irish
Catholic societies was read, after which
an organization was affected with a. J.
Dolan, chairman, and NJ. pJ, Mccain,
secretary. The committee on creden-
tials reported all delegates present enti-
tied to seats in the convention, which re-
port, after some discussion, was adopted
as read.
IT Was voted to have two bands of
music on that occasion. Acommittee OF
three GA line OF march and other ar
rangements WAS appointed by the chair
as follows: Daniel O'Brien, S. j. Nc
Carthy and B. Mousse; for grand mar
shal, Jas. J. Smith was chosen by bal
lot. and the convention instructed him
TO appoint assistants
The Irish standard., 1887-02-19
was presented by Roger o,2 Vail and unau

was presented by Roger Vail and unani
mously adopted:
s'That the Davitt Branch be instructed
to forward all moneys available to Rev.
Charlef O'Reilly, Detroit, secretary OF
the Land League
A vote of thanks was rendered to Rev.
Father Byrnes and the ladies and gentle
men who took part in the evenings ex-
ercises Rev. Father Byrnes and w. 4.
Hennessy paid in 81 each as member
ship fees A committee of three COM
posed of Messrs. Chris. A. Gallagher, z.
Fl. McPartlin and John Mccarthy, was
appointed to prepare a program for
the evening Of Marc!, f. that date being
the birthday anniversary OF the young
Irish martyr. The meeting adjourned.
The program for next Sunday evening
will he an interesting one, aud all who
attend will und oubtedly enjoy them
selves.